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Author Clarence-Smith, William Gervase

Title The Economics of the Indian Ocean Slave Trade in the Nineteenth Century
Published London : Routledge, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (443 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps; The Economics of the Indian Ocean and Red Sea Slave Trades in the 19th Century: An Overview; Notes; 1. The Swahili Coast; 2. The Persian Gulf and South Asia; 3. The Red Sea; 4. Deployment of East African Slaves; 5. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; The 19th Century Islamic Slave Trade from East Africa (Swahili and Red Sea Coasts): A Tentative Census; The Black Slaves of Turkish Arabia during the 19th Century; Notes; Slaves and Slave Traders in the Persian Gulf, 18th and 19th Centuries: An Assessment; I; II; Notes
The Nile Valley System and Red Sea Slave Trade 1820-1880The Slaves and their Journey in the Greater Nile Valley; The Traders and the Red Sea Crossing; The Profiteers in Arabia; Notes; Notes; Ethiopian Slave Exports at Matamma, Massawa and Tajura, c. 1830-1885; Slavery and the Slave Trade in Southern Ethiopia in the 19th Century; Notes; Localisation and Social Composition of the East African Slave Trade, 1858-1873; Local vs. Foreign Slave Trade; Slave Cargoes; Mortality; Sex/Age Ratios; Ethnic Origin of Zanzibar Slaves; Conclusion; Notes
The Structures of the Slave Trade in Central Africa in the 19th CenturyA Well-Structured System; A Slave System; A Slave Trade within the Continent; Unity of the Arab Zone in Equatorial Africa; Notes; Madagascar and Mozambique in the Slave Trade of the Western Indian Ocean 1800-1861; Introduction; Summary; References; Covert Slaves and Coveted Coolies in the Early 19th Century Mascareignes; Introduction; 'The Necessity of Illegality': The Demand for Slaves in Mauritius and Bourbon; Between Façade and Farce: The Abolition Legislation and its Implementation
The Operation and Effects of the Clandestine Slave TradeConclusion; Notes; The Last Years of the Slave Trade to the Cape Colony; Notes; Notes on Contributors
Summary First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Slave trade -- Africa, Eastern -- History -- 19th century
Slave trade -- Arabian Peninsula -- History -- 19th century
Slave trade -- Indian Ocean Region -- History -- 19th century
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs.
Slave trade
Eastern Africa
Arabian Peninsula
Indian Ocean Region
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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